Feb 2005 Issue of Linux Magazine?

[Benjamin Scott]

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, at 8:11pm, crschmidt at crschmidt.net wrote:
> http://www.livejournal.com/bots/

  Since we're on the topic of things one shouldn't do... load that page and
then follow the example hyperlink in the bit about how robots should have a
URL with info in their User-Agent string.  The operator of <fooland.com> is
not amused.

  The canonical domain names for examples are:

	example.
	example.com.
	example.net.
	example.org.

These are mentioned in an RFC somewhere, and are pretty much guaranteed
never to be used in the Internet domain name space.  Much better to use then
picking a random name that someone might be using (or use someday).

  There is also an example IPv4 network: 192.0.2.0/24 (RFC-3330).  Unlike
the RFC-1918 networks, that one is reserved for "testing and examples", and
in theory should not be found in production use.

  This has been a public service message from the Listmaster General.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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